12-letter words containing rin
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- stringencies — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- strong drink — alcoholic drink
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- tau neutrino — a hypothetical type of neutrino that would obey a conservation law together with the tau lepton, with the total number of tau leptons and tau neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- trinity term — the summer term at the Inns of Court and some educational establishments
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- twitteringly — in a twittering manner
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- underbearing — unassuming
- underinsured — to insure for an amount less than the true or replacement value: It's risky to underinsure your home.
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unprincipled — lacking or not based on moral scruples or principles: an unprincipled person; unprincipled behavior.
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- unslumbering — not sleeping
- unstaggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- veterinarian — a person who practices veterinary medicine or surgery.
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- watering can — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- wedding ring — a ring, usually of gold, platinum, or silver, given by one partner to the other during a marriage ceremony.
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time